Teen MOPS Steering Team

Lori Trent
Amber Maust

MOPS International is dedicated to meeting the needs of every mother of preschoolers, including teenage girls who find themselves trying to fill the role of "mom" while they are still growing up themselves.

There are just under 100 Teen MOPS groups in the United States and Canada that provide a faith-based, supportive, nonjudgmental environment where teen moms can come together for support and encouragement. In Teen MOPS, the teaching, activities and friendships are all focused on the very distinct needs of teenagers. Teen MOPS helps teen moms become more self-sufficient, confident, mature, giving and self-aware young women.

Teen MOPS groups can meet in public schools or community centers, as well as in churches, and often meet twice a month for teaching and/or activities. All meetings encourage young mothers to voice their frustrations, fears and joys while knowing that their children are well taken care of in the MOPPETS program.

Check out MOPS 4 Teens on Facebook to connect with other teen moms! We have our own FB fan page as well: Maple City Teen MOPS (Northern Indiana). 'Like' us and you will receive our updates in your news feed.

Our new book- exciting!

In 2010, MOPS invites you to join in the learning process as together we explore Momology: The Art and Science of Mothering. Mothering is both art and science. It combines all of who we are to shape healthy, resilient kids. Mothering is so complex it requires both sides of our brain – not to mention our hands and feet, eyes and ears, mouth and (sniff, sniff) unfortunately, sometimes even our noses! There's the scientific side of mothering where we develop a hypothesis based on certain principles, test that hypothesis in real-time, consider the results and decide what parts worked and what parts didn't. We keep refining our hypotheses until we find what works for us. Intertwined with the scientific, mothering requires an artistry that shades with our personality, colors with our unique gifts, and blends past and current experiences.

The MOPShop is a store that is kept on site and can be accessed most meetings.

In our store, we try to have items that would be useful to you as a mother, a teen, a scrapbooker, a student, a woman. We will try to put only brand-new items in our store and keep it full. Note: This is a way to earn some diapers and supplies for your baby!

Each meeting, you will have the chance to earn tickets. Those tickets are what you use to purchase items from the MOPShop.

The idea behind our ticket incentive program is to build responsibility and maturity in our moms. Large items have large “price” tags on them. If you really want something, its always worth waiting, saving up and then buying it with the tickets you have in hand. If you always spend your tickets as soon as you get them, you will always go home with something new, but you will go home with something small.

The same concepts apply to life. Saving cash and using a savings account, not using credit cards and not getting into financial debt is a lesson to learn early rather than late.